The following are excerpts from Dare Disturb the Universe.
NEA’s First Fundraising & Corporate Culture
The following are excerpts from Dare Disturb the Universe. NEA’s differentiating quality lay in our willingness to invest in many more industries than the typical California partnership then focused on (semiconductors and computers). I wrote a ten-page document at T....
General Doriot’s words to Chuck: “How do you know who is an entrepreneur?”
The following is an excerpt from Dare Disturb the Universe. “How do you know who is an entrepreneur? It takes time. You meet his family, you visit his home, and you try every way to get inside his head. The technology entrepreneur must be thoroughly grounded in the...
Memory of Chuck’s father and Laurance Rockefeller, the birth of Reaction Motors
The follow is an excerpt from Dare Disturb the Universe. In 1938, it was obvious the world was going to war, so Father joined the Army Air Corps and was commissioned as a captain, rising in rank over the course of the war to colonel, under the command of General...